Destiny is ashes

Chapter 357 Meeting

"The area around Broken Blade Mountain...is about to return to being a wilderness."

At this moment, Xu Tai watched the beasts leave, and he showed a sad expression: "Hundreds and thousands of years of development are destroyed in an instant."

An Jing understood what he meant.

In Huaixu, reclaiming wasteland is definitely not an easy task. Even if a warrior's strength far exceeds that of an ordinary person, the power of Huaixu's natural environment is also considerable.

Without human activities and with beasts devouring them, countless grass elves and monsters will emerge among the mountains and grasslands.

As a manifestation of the pure vitality of the Huaixu Realm, they can take root in any land and rock, and multiply and spread at an incredible speed.

It only takes one year for the grass spirit to turn a wasteland into a dense grassland, covering all farmland, villages and mines, and completely erasing all traces of human activities.

But everything has its pros and cons.

If the earth vein formation is used to suppress and transform this wild vitality, it can be turned into vitality that can accelerate the maturity of crops. In other words, the grass spirit itself is a manifestation of the disordered earth vein energy that gives birth to all things. Wilderness and harvest are two sides of the same coin.

Under such circumstances, all kinds of exotic beasts that feed on grass essences will continue to multiply and grow, and ferocious beasts, demons, and even humans that hunt these exotic beasts will follow, maintaining the size of these overly green creatures at a balanced level.

But now, the earth vein formation has no magic weapon to suppress it, the crowd retreated back to the city, and the monsters left the mountains.

It won’t take too long, just five years, and all the abandoned villages and towns around Broken Blade Mountain will be swallowed up by grass and trees, completely turning into ruins among the grass and trees.

"Think of something good."

An Jing comforted him, "At least this time we don't have to deal with those ferocious beasts and demons. We only need to deal with the possible demons and northern barbarians."

The scar on Xu Tai's face twitched. He wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed: "Then I really miss the beast."

At Teng Shuangbai's speed, Linjiang City was not far away.

In another heavy snowfall, An Jing gazed at the city from afar. The city wall made of huge gray-white rocks looked like a man-made mountain. Traces of farmland and roads were all over the surrounding plains. The Yujiang River, which had frozen into ice, meandered around it and branched out, running through the center of the city.

The black flags on the city walls fluttered in the wind, and in the center of the city, a loft shining with light golden light was spreading the light of earth veins visible to the naked eye, maintaining the operation of the earth vein formation.

Although it had lost the divine weapon guarding it, the Earth Vein Array itself was considered half the base of the divine weapon and it was still running.

Although it is slow, breathing weakly like a dying old man, it is still alive and can maintain order in the city.

The crowds coming from all directions were like streaks of ink splashed on the snow, or like water flowing toward a low-lying area, slowly flowing into this big city by the river.

At the city gate, teams of armored warriors who looked more like elite private soldiers than Chamber of Commerce guards were checking those entering the city.

"interesting."

An Jing narrowed his eyes, and the True Spirit Pupil Farsightedness Technique was activated. He commented: "Entering the city is surprisingly easy... That's right. Now there is a frost disaster and a beast tide. Once you enter the city, you can't leave."

He stopped the motorcycle and took back Teng Shuangbai. An Jing thought for a while, then took out a communicator from the Taixu magic weapon and handed it to Xu Tai: "This is the magic weapon used to communicate with me, take one."

"how to use?"

Xu Tai also saw the armored warriors who were checking the people entering the city in the distance. He also understood that An Jing needed him to use his identity as the "head of the escort for transporting supplies" to get some information that he couldn't get. An Jing himself had some private matters to attend to: "Should I contact the Linlang Chamber of Commerce directly to inquire about the situation, or do it my own way?"

"Press the big button in the middle to talk, the small button on the left to record, and the small red button on the right to alert you. If you press it, I will immediately move towards you. Take this."

An Jing changed into a layer of white clothes, and the breath-concealing ability of the Youlin inner armor was activated together with the Xuanbu of the Huangtian method. Even though the person was right in front of him, Xu Tai felt as if he did not exist.

And it was this non-existent person who handed him a handful of lightning beads and an armor talisman - even Xu Tai, a man who dared to follow An Jing to explore the current situation of Linjiang City and was calm and well-planned in the face of monster attacks, had his hands trembled for a moment.

——Oh my god, a handful of thunder beads?! Not just one or two, but a handful of thunder beads?!

Xu Tai's eyes and hands were shaking. He could see that An Jing didn't count at all. He just grabbed a handful from his Taixu magic weapon and handed it to him... Can't a few of these things be used as a hidden weapon?
Could it be that Ming Guangchen, the Xuan Jing Zhenren, is a hidden Tianji craftsman who can make both iron kites and thunder beads? At the very least, he must be a great Tianji craftsman!
Xu Tai swallowed his saliva, but his hands were still steady as he carefully put a handful of fifteen thunder beads into the water bottle he carried with him - these were all Jinyang Thunder Beads. Without the Taixu magic weapon or the Shaoyin Jade Box, he could only use water to calm them down.

"I have to go look for my mother first. I don't have time to collect information right away. Please help me make the trip first."

An Jing watched Xu Tai getting ready. He nodded slightly and said, "As for the method, just follow your own method. When you are going to Linlang Chamber of Commerce, tell me and I will go with you disguised as your escort."

"Row."

That was enough. An Jing's figure disappeared in the blizzard, and Xu Tai let out a breath - An Jing was very rich in giving props. To be honest, apart from the walkie-talkie with magical functions, these lightning beads as hiring fees were enough for him to make a serious move once. But for An Jing, they were obviously just props to ensure the completion of the task.

He calmed himself down, went over his plan in his mind, and then walked towards the gate of Linjiang City.

An Jing's figure has disappeared on the city wall.

For warriors, there is no difference between flying over eaves and walking on the road, especially for warriors at An Jing's level. As long as the surface of the wall is not smooth, they can use their strength to drive their weight, and it will be as easy and casual as drinking water from a teacup.

There should have been a formation on the city wall, but not to mention that the divine soldiers had just left the formation and it was in chaos, the imperial blood in An Jing's sea of ​​​​soul also allowed him to ignore many simple defensive formations.

In just a moment, An Jing crossed the city wall and landed in the city like flying snow.

After arriving in the city, An Jing quickly identified the direction and then rushed towards a remote courtyard in the east of the city.

Before An Jing left with the Tianyi Demon Cult's team, he and his mother agreed to meet again in several cities, and there were properties that the An family had prepared.

It was a secluded little house with some simple silver money and healing pills buried inside. An Jing and his mother had fled all the way from Hanbei to the south, intending to escape here and dig out these emergency and life-saving supplies.

As long as they can get access to these spare supplies, even if the An family is completely destroyed, the mother and son can still live in the city for a while.

However, the fleeing team encountered several horse bandits along the way. It could be said that it was fate.

When he arrived at the villa, before he entered, An Jing's pupils shrank - because he vaguely heard two people talking in the small courtyard.

The voice of one of them was his mother, Shen Mubai of the Anshen Clan! Her tone was relaxed, as if she was chatting about some simple household issues, which made An Jing feel relieved and relaxed.

The other person's voice made the string in An Jing's heart, which had been loosening, suddenly tighten again - it wouldn't be too tight, but it was more of a sense of disbelief.

With a myriad of thoughts in his mind, An Jing finally landed in front of the courtyard gate and knocked on it.

The conversation stopped.

Then there were the sounds of two people's footsteps.

"Excuse me...who is the visitor?" Shen Mubai's voice was alert.

An Jing had a lot to say, but in the end, all his words came down to one word: "Mom."

There was a pause at the door, and then rapid movement.

Open.

The door opened.

"My son!"

After opening the door, Shen Mubai and An Jing looked at each other. The tall daughter of the Wu family, who was only half a head shorter than An Jing now, knew who the visitor was as soon as she heard the voice. She stepped forward excitedly, and An Jing also stepped forward and hugged his mother.

"I'm back to find you, Mom!"

A sense of relief emerged, and the uneasiness that had always been hanging in my heart dissipated.

An Jing always likes to think of things in the worst possible way. He can't help but imagine what would have happened to his mother, what would have happened to his mother, what would have happened to his mother... The more he thought about it, the angrier and more anxious he became, and a sense of destructiveness brewed in his heart.

This impulse to destroy everything and the inability to control one's anger, if An Jing had not been able to control himself well, he would have long ago found an excuse to kill and vent his emotions.

The peace at that time might be very peaceful, but it was not peaceful.

And now, hugging my mother, feeling her stable vitality, even her strength has improved from inner breath as thin as a thread to inner breath as strong as a river. My peaceful mind is more than just relaxed, it is simply peaceful and calm.

He had even forgiven many people he hadn't met yet. As long as those people didn't do anything too disgusting in front of him, he would return to the venue within a limited time and show mercy, and treat them as if they were nothing.

It was in this situation that An Jing raised his head and looked at the frosty white courtyard with some complexity, and at the girl who was also dressed in frosty white.

Bai Qinghan, with white hair, stood quietly in the yard. The dim light in the house reflected her cheek. The girl stared at An Jing silently. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly under her slender eyebrows, like the moonlight reflected in the water, peaceful, beautiful, clear and bright.

"Qinghan..." An Jing said in a complicated tone: "You are here."

"Big Brother." Bai Qinghan lowered her eyes, lowered her head, and responded softly: "I'm here."

(End of this chapter)